Summary: This week on Hide and Create Debbie Viguie, Jordan Ellinger. Joshua Essoe, and Michael J. Sullivan talk about audio books. Audiobooks have really taken off in the last number of years and the industry is expected to continue its growth. Recording an audiobook could very well provide another income stream on your book. Why you should: When people see you have an audiobook, they see your book as even more credible. It stands out from the run-of-the-mill indie book (if you’re an indie author) when you have an e-book, a print book, and an audiobook. The audio book costs more to buy, so I have heard that you can make decent money even though there are fewer sales. Successful audiobooks lead to more print and digital sales. More sales, plus, you open up your book to a whole new market — non-readers! Having an audiobook makes you easier to find. Consider this: on Amazon there are millions of books to compete with. On Audible, there are only hundreds of thousands to compete with. You might hear things in your writing that you never would have noticed if you weren’t reading them aloud. It could lead to edits that really improve your book. And, as promised in the episode, here is Mary Robinette Kowal’s string of tutorials on reading aloud.
